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Why would one acknowledge that population density has a "negative causal impact" without evidence of such? You can argue that density and fertility are correlat
by JamisonM 8y ago
Why would one acknowledge that population density has a "negative causal impact" without evidence of such? You can argue that density and fertility are correlated, sure, but causation is a much higher bar. Why would you restrict the model such that you assume that any increase in density at any starting level of density would decrease fertility? Why would you assume that without evidence?
- chrchang523 8y agoOkay, I was assuming you had at least a little bit of familiarity with the field. There are a lot of papers which cover this. Starting with a Google search on population density and fertility rate, without including "causes" in the search, the top academic results I get are: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387817300135 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438781... https://www.jstor.org/stable/27503981 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27503981 http://paa2004.princeton.edu/papers/41719 http://paa2004.princeton.edu/papers/41719 The population density-fertility rate assumption was not made without evidence.